SFI NUM2 - Legumes On Improved Grassland
Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) NUM2, Legumes On Improved Grassland, requires a legumes to be growing from March to September. NUM2 is a rotational action, and can therefore be carried out on the same area of land each year, or can be moved around the farm. One or more legumes can be used to improve existing grassland, or a mix of grass seed and legumes can be sown.
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Use this mix for NUM3 Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) - Legume Fallow (Rotational), to establish a mix of vigorous legumes to flower for the summer months of May-August, or as a multi-species spring or summer cover crop (SOH2, SOH3) sown March to August.
- Suitable for Spring sowing for rotational NUM3 agreements
- Can be sown on a different parcel of land each of the three years of the agreement
- Provides valuable food source for beneficial insects and farmland birds
- Adds nutrients into the soil and improves soil health and structure
- Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): NUM3, NUM2, SOH2, SOH3
- Contains: 50% Vetch, 15% Linseed, 15% Buckwheat, 7.5% Crimson Clover, 7.5% Berseem Clover, 5% Phacelia
- Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg
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Use this grass and legume mixture for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) NUM3 (static) or Autumn sown (rotational) and Countryside Stewardship AB15 (Two Year Sown Legume Fallow).
- Mixture also available without grass - see CSS6
- Reduces flowering blackgrass and provides an abundant supply of sown pollen and nectar-rich flowers between early and late summer for the duration of the agreement.
- Also available with Timothy or Strong Creeping Red Fescue.
- Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive: NUM3 (static), NUM2
- Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB15 GS8 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 WT1 WT2
- Contains: 40% Perennial Ryegrass, 35% Common Vetch, 5% Crimson Clover, 5% Red Clover, 7.5% Sainfoin, 2.5% Birdsfoot Trefoil, 2.5% Lucerne, 2.5% Black Medick
- Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg
Boston Seeds are proud to supply the EnviroSeeds range for biodiversity and sustainable farming.
Use this grass-free, pure legume mixture for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) NUM3 (static) or Autumn sown (rotational) and Countryside Stewardship AB15 (Two Year Sown Legume Fallow).
- Mixture also available containing grass - see CSS6/G
- Reduces flowering blackgrass and provides an abundant supply of sown pollen and nectar-rich flowers between early and late summer for the duration of the agreement.
- Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive: NUM3 (static), NUM2
- Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB15 GS8 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 WT1 WT2
- Contains: 60% Common Vetch, 10% Crimson Clover, 10% Red Clover, 7.5% Alsike Clover, 5% White Clover, 2.5% Birdsfoot Trefoil, 2.5% Lucerne, 2.5% Yellow Trefoil
- Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg
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